Trying to make my way while listening to the……..

The Squeaky Wheel Gets The Grease

Some of the time, at least. Other times, it doesn’t matter how much harp music is going on; there will still be those that want to turn the other way and ignore the elephant in the room.

What has me all in knots this morning? We’re going to re-visit one of the topics that raises my blood pressure: giving driver’s licenses to illegal aliens in New Mexico. You may remember some of my other thoughts here and here.

“About 92,000 foreign national licenses have been issued in New Mexico since 2003. Out of those, only 16,000 license holders filed a return this tax season, Padilla said.

“Where are the rest of them? It appears they’re not in New Mexico, as is evident by this ring,” she said.”

Gee, ya think? We finally have a governor who is trying to DO something about this issue, and even though there is a majority of actual PEOPLE in NM who want this gone, the legislature can’t seem to vote to get this law undone.

“According to the attached criminal complaint, Collazo-Medrano fraudulently used eight different addresses – four in Clovis and four in Portales – to establish residential requirements for dozens of foreign nationals between October 2009 and December 2011. Investigators have been able to establish 54 fraud cases involving Collazo-Medrano, so far, as their investigation continues.”

Still up in the air is what’s going to happen in January 2013. Why is this date such a big deal?

Yep. That means we’ll have to get passports. I wonder if the government is going to offer us all free passports. I know it sure would help me, since I have a family of 6. Prices today tell me it’s going to cost at least $855. Ya, I have that spare change floating around in my couch. 🙄 {snort} At this point, I haven’t seen anything that gives another solution.

It’s also no surprise then, that there’s a run on getting fraudulent licenses right now, because time is running out. Interestingly, an article about this topic on a judicial watchdog site says,

“The Real ID Act would kill those little deals. Under the measure a newly created federal database will link all licensing data that must be checked before states issue new cards. Residents of states that don’t comply with the law will be greatly inconvenienced because their driver’s licenses will not be accepted as proof of identification at airports, federal buildings or when applying for any sort of federal benefits.”

Without getting tangled up in the debate of whether or not the Real ID Act should even be in place, I will say that it’s a load of crap that I, a private US citizen, should have to fork out nearly $1,000 just to be able to fly domestically because the idiot legislatures in this state want to give licenses to criminals.

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Yay for political rants! It always makes me feel so smart when I can get through them and understand 80% of what people are saying. But seriously, that’s crap. It would make more sense for them to revamp their current driver’s license and simply change the requirements for getting one… like maybe being required to bring in tax documents, birth certificates, etc.

You want to document and keep track illegals (which was the ‘argument’ used for giving them licenses)? Fine. Do something else. Give them an illegal identification card. It’s obvious they are here. The problem is that now MY US identification is compromised. Guess criminals have more rights anymore than citizens………… 🙄

Hmmm…and I thought Arizona was messed up! (Okay, maybe it’s a tie.) I’m shocked that any state would be so careless. It’s pretty scary. I spent many years in NM and I’m disappointed the lawmakers allowed this to happen. It also makes me sick that there’s a ‘beat the clock’ game to get as many in under the wire as they can.

This whole thing really makes me want to pull my hair out, seriously. At least they are working the issue, in addition to working on the fraudulent tax returns from illegals, too. It’s a total mess. Until we get the legislators OUT of office who put that boat anchor in, it’s going to be difficult, despite overwhelming support from the actual PEOPLE of the state. Bah.